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Dallas Area Bus Crash Leaves Two Dead

Mike Hendren — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:51:37 +0000

A charter bus carrying seniors crashes near Dallas; two killed, multiple injuries reported

Yes, There Was a Kinkajous Rampage In Texas

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:25:13 +0000

Move over Chupacabra. There is a new nasty mid-sized predator called a Kinkajous wrecking havoc in Texas. And, unlike the mythical killer of goats and livestock, the Kinkajous is very real. Real but hard-to-pin-down species-wise. In fact, when homeowners first saw the creature terrorizing their cats with his razor-sharp teeth and running atop their roofs [...]

Wichita Falls is Now in Stage 3 Drought Emergency

Aaron Galloway — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:43:54 +0000

The City of Wichita Falls is scheduled to go into Stage 3 Drought Emergency on Tuesday, February 5th. A stage 3 drought emergency is declared when the combined storage level of lakes Kickapoo and Arrowhead drops to 40% of the total conservation pool storage capacity. When a stage 3 drought emergency is declared, the goal [...]

Study Shows More Texans Prefer Owning Dogs Over Cats [POLL]

Townsquare Media | Wichita Falls — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:45:58 +0000

The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) recently released its U.S. Pet Ownership & Demographics Sourcebook, which revealed that Texans prefer owing dogs over cats. Texas ranks 9th for dog ownership with 44 percent of households ownin

Is This Really a Photo of an Alien in the Woods in Texas?

Donald Deane — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:12:17 +0000

Maybe we're just hypersensitive to this sort of thing, but it seems like UFO reports have been pouring in lately. After the possible appearance of UFOs in Google Street View and in the skies over San Francisco and Brooklyn, a man claims to have snapped a photographed of a "Grey" alien in the woods of Texas.

Airplane Collides With SUV at Airport in Roanoke, Texas [VIDEO]

Aaron Galloway — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:43:57 +0000

A single-engine plane clipped an SUV while it was landing at a regional airport in Roanoke, Texas (About 30 miles outside Dallas) on Saturday. And the pilot’s wife got it on video. No one was hurt, and apparently it was the driver of the SUV’s fault because there is a stop sign posted at the intersection of [...]

Fire Destroys Big Tex Statue at Texas State Fair in Dallas

Aaron Galloway — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 17:21:04 +0000

This morning a fire destroyed Big Tex, the statue that stands at the entrance to the Texas State fairgrounds in Dallas. The blaze was reported shortly after 10:30 am.

Outrage After Male Vice Principal Spanks Female High School Student

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 18:04:02 +0000

Springtown (Texas) High School sophomore Taylor Santos had a difficult decision to make after her teacher determined that she allowed a classmate to copy her work: she could either serve two days of in-school suspension, or get paddled.

Austin Man Being Investigated by Secret Service…Because Of a Chair?

Mike Hendren — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:10:23 +0000

Austin man reportedly on Secret Service radar

Texas Mom Arrested For Letting Kids Play on Quiet Suburban Street

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:29:48 +0000

Tammy Cooper and her husband moved to their house on a cul-de-sac in a quiet La Porte, Texas neighborhood so they would have a safe place for their nine and six-year-old children to grow up.

And Cooper thought she was reaping the benefits of her suburban lifestyle as she sat on her lawn and watched her children play on their scooters. But this tranquility was interrupted when a police car pulled in front of her home and the officer approached her. Cooper asked him what he was here for. "We're here for you," he responded.

Bomb Threat Forces Evacuations at University of Texas Austin, North Dakota State Univesity

Mike Hendren — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:01:27 +0000

Bomb threat at the University of Texas Austin campus prompts evacuation.

Texas Approves Highway With Fastest Speed Limit in the Country

Aaron Galloway — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 17:08:05 +0000

Not only is everything bigger in Texas, but faster now too.

Toby Keith Opens New I Love This Bar and Grill Restaurant in Dallas

Alanna Conaway — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:30:37 +0000

Toby Keith has expanded his I Love This Bar and Grill restaurant chain to the great state of Texas! The favorite haunt of country music fans and food-lovers alike recently opened a new home in Dallas.

Drunk Pregnant Texas Woman Leaves One-Year Old in Car to Get a Piercing [VIDEO]

Aaron Galloway — Thu, 31 May 2012 22:06:02 +0000

Around 2:40 A.M. on Tuesday, a 20-year-old texas woman proved she was an unfit mother in SIX simultaneous ways. Let’s take a moment here to count up all the ways that 20-year-old Stephanie Irene Santana of Houston, Texas is a horribly unfit mother. 1. At 2:40 A.M. on Tuesday, she was driving drunk. 2. She [...]

Texas Dog Sets World Record for Largest Eyeballs

Aaron Galloway — Tue, 29 May 2012 16:24:26 +0000

His eyes are a whopping 1.1 inches in diameter. If that doesn't sound like a lot, when you see the photo, you'll understand just how big his eyes are.

Did an Actual Fireball Shoot Through the Sky in Texas?

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:00:31 +0000

The folks in San Antonio, Texas got quite a treat earlier this month when an unexplained fireball, or rather something that looked like a fireball streaked across the midday sky. “It was like a little piece of the sun falling,” was how one witness described it to NBC 4 in San Antonio. That news report [...]

Strange Green Liquid in Dallas Waterway Isn't for St. Patrick's Day

Danny Gallagher — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:35:45 +0000

Cities like Chicago dye their rivers green to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Dallas, however, isn’t trying to start their own green tradition, at least not intentionally.

A waterway just outside of the Medical City Dallas Hospital started to fill with a mysterious green goo last Wednesday.